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Watch our video of The Story Behind Aurora County Brides. The Aurora County Brides exhibit proved to be a very successful community event with more than 225 visitors during eleven Open House hours on four Saturdays in the month of … Continue reading
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In May, 2023, I was invited to speak at the South Dakota History Conference on a panel about South Dakota suffragists. The three of us spoke to the theme of Perseverance. I chose to highlight the lives of two women … Continue reading
Last week I was recognized by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for solving a history mystery – that is, successfully researching the true date of the Plankinton statue. While my primary purpose for this blog was to practice using technology to … Continue reading
Here’s a lesson in carefully reading your source: In the previous post I paraphrased the 1892 newspaper article and wrote that the pedestal was nine feet high. After a more careful reading of the original source, I discovered my mistake. … Continue reading
Two stories published in the 1892 Milwaukee Journal reference the installation of the John Plankinton Statue in the Plankinton Hotel lobby rotunda. The statue was placed on a pedestal, nine feet high, (correction: statue and pedestal together are nine feet … Continue reading
When I posted this in June, 2012, I had not yet found evidence of the age of the statue. Since then, I have learned it was created in 1892, after John Plankinton died (See later posts). When this post was … Continue reading
